Belligerent Sexual Tension/Comic Books
Examples of Belligerent Sexual Tension in Comic Books include:
- Yorick and 355 do this more or less throughout Y: The Last Man. Then 355 is killed.
- Subverted in Preacher (Comic Book)—a man deliberately tries to be the male half of this pair, and instead ends up... eaten by an alligator.
- Calvin and Susie in Calvin and Hobbes, to an extent. With Susie being more stable, Calvin plays much of the role of the avoidant—attracted Tsundere as well as all of the Jerk with a Heart of Gold one, leaving her mostly to just react as any reasonable person would. In one early comic, Calvin makes a hate valentine and dumpster dives for some dead flowers. Susie reacts as can be expected by pelting him with a snowball. As she's walking away and he's recovering, their thought bubbles reveal:
Susie: Flowers and a valentine! He likes me!! |
- Batman and Catwoman definitely qualify - so much so that they have their own version of this trope.
- Sometimes happens between Batman and Talia Al Ghul, Depending on the Writer.
- Donald and Daisy Duck, depending on the writer. Donald Duck can be a Jerkass at times, even with his gold-hearted moments, but Daisy is definitely a Tsundere. Newer cartoons tend to reinterprete Daisy as a borderline Cloudcuckoolander instead. Kingdom Hearts, thankfully, does not.
- Scrooge McDuck and Glittering Goldie weren't originally envisioned like this by Carl Barks, but years later, Don Rosa's The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck came along, and, well, just see the page picture for Slap Slap Kiss... although Destructo-Nookie actually more accurately describes the end of The Prisoner of White Agony Creek.
- Garfield and Arlene. Yeah, he's an egotistical jerk, but she's able to strike back at him. They're still considered an Official Couple as far as merchandise is concerned.
- X-Men's Anole and Rockslide seem to have a Bromantic version of this trope.
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